Disgruntled Taxpayers Unite!

I cruised the net using "disgruntled taxpayer" as a search term. Apparently, many of us out there. One Blog which borrows its title from the great Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense provides some excellent observations about the current bailout situation. http://commonsensepoliticalthought.com/?p=3670 I think these folks pretty much lay it on the line.

More ominously, there are some disgruntled taxpayers who resort to what some might call vandalism, but what others might call "artistic free expression" to make their points about how ridiculous government spending and taxpayer waste can be. Witness the graffiti wall in the UK, which proves that even the "efficient" bureaucracies of White Hall can be wasteful. http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2008/10/3000-graffiti-wall-vandalised-by.html

Here, an enterprising protester expressed his or her self with the bold strokes of brush and paint. This incident typifies just how banal the political left really is. In the peaceful Town of Wadebridge, UK, the smart folks in the local government built a 6ft high by 30ft long wall so youths could practice their graffiti artwork without vandalising local property. This to the tune of 3,000 British Pounds. One "disgruntled taxpayer" chagrined at what he or she considered a waste of public funds, and borrowing from those awful vacation t-shirts from across the pond, writes "I paid my tax + all I got was this lousy wall."

Funny, how the local constabulary was up in arms about this and needed to remove this offensive critique of their moronic program from this public wall. Can you think of a more vivid expression of the nannystate? These idiots build a graffiti wall and probably would have been ok with the most odious forms of expression. One can picture the UK variant of the ACLU rolling into action if some punk painted a swastika on the wall, or gang signs. But the minute their moronic social policy is called to question peacefully and in the manner provided by the municipal government, all kinds of efforts are required to apprehend the evil person who dared to say the emperor's not wearing any clothes.

It was reported that this monument to stupidity was built in the town's Jubilee Park and was the brainchild of Sergeant Robin Moorcroft who has vowed to investigate the graffiti.

- "The ironic thing is that the wall has been built thanks to the generosity of local people giving time and resources for free," he said.

"But it is now going to cost the taxpayer, as we will have to crime it, investigate it and paint over it."

Amazing, how common sense ideas become unpopular when the authorities are shown to be as truly incompetent as they appear to be in this small English Township.

One wonders how much money is wasted like this in the States? Even a dollar is too much.